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SALI SIMONSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 317,031, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed January 27, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SALT SIMONSON, of the city, county, and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in (laps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beng had to the accompanying drawings, formlng part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in cloth caps; and the invention consists in a cloth cap provided with a lined ear and neck protector, to which lining, midway between its upper and lower edges, is fastened a retaining-strip of cloth, the lower edge of the retaining-strip being secured at or near the lower edge of the cap-body, all of which is with greater particularity hereinafter described, shown, and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figurel isa side view,partly in section; Fig. 2, a side View, partly in section, showing protector drawn down; Fig. 3, a plan View of inside of band, partly in section, showingslide and lining of band.

This invention relates particularly to that class of cloth caps which are constructed with a band that may be pulled down for the purpose of protecting the ears and neck of the wearer, and moved up so as to encircle more or less the body of the cap when not in use as a protector.

Numerous band-caps have been constructed,

each varying more or less in detail, but all designed to arrive at the same resultviz., the easy and satisfactory adjustment of the band. It is believed that the cap hereinafter described in an economical and simple manner meets all the requirements.

In the construction of my cap, A represents the cap-body proper, which may be of any of the well-known forms, and composed of any desired number of sections, or, as they are technically called, quarters. Concerning the construction of this body of the cap my improvement does not relate. Surrounding more or less the lower part or half of this body, however, is a band or protector, B, usually made of the same material as the body of the cap, but frequently made of a different material. This band is in width equal to about half the height of the cap-body, and it may either extend entirely around the body in a continuous band or its ends may meet in front of the cap or on each side of the same, as fancy or taste may suggest. The inner surface of this band is provided with a lining, a, of any suitable material. This lining is stitched to the band around its edges,as shown in Fig. 3. To this lining a, and midway between its upper and lower edges, 1) and c, is secured a retaining-strip, O. The lower edge, e, of this strip is sewed to the body A of the cap at or near its lower edge, f, as in Fig. 1.

The advantages derived from this construction are these: The retainingstrip G, or, as it is technically called, the slide, being stitched to the lining a only and not to the band B, no stitching is visible on the outer surface of the band B to mar its surface, and this feature, although apparently small, is important when the band is made from fur, valour, or other cloth having a long nap, which is confined by the stitches and makes an unsightly seam through the middle of the band. Another advantage is, the lining being secured to the band-only along its edges, the rest of the lining is left unconfined, so that the fixing of the slide is less rigid than it would otherwise be, and therefore less liable to tear away from the band. This is important when it is considered that the retaining or slide strip is usually made of a much thinner material than is the band itself.

Still another advantage is the increased facility with which the band is made to slide up and down on the cap-body, due to the yielding nature of its attachment, which prevents the band from binding around the body of the cap; and, finally, less cloth being required for the construction of my slide, it is obviously cheaper than sliding-band caps of other construction.

Having now deshribed my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure. by Letters Patent, is-

Asliding-band cap,with the retaining-strip or slide secured to the lining a of the band B midway between the upper and lower edges,

11 and c, of said band, and to the body A of rco the cap at or near its lower edge, f, as and for the purpose described.

SALI SIMONSON. In presence of-- G. M. PLYMrroN, D. A. CARPENTER. 

